What are signs and symptoms of a seizures?

Answer 1

The signs and symptoms of seizures vary depending on the type. The most common type of seizures are convulsive (60%).

If someone has a fit like this, it is advised to make sure they don't fall and injure themselves, cushion their head and loosen any restricting clothing/jewelry, and also call for medical help.

Answer 2

During normal waking and sleeping, your brain cells produce varying electrical activity. If the electrical activity in many brain cells becomes abnormally synchronized, a convulsion or seizure may occur. If this happens in just one area of the brain, the result is a focal seizure.

Absence seizures involve brief, sudden lapses of consciousness. An indication of simple absence seizure is a vacant stare, which may be mistaken for a lapse in attention that lasts 10 to 15 seconds, without any subsequent confusion, headache or drowsiness. Signs and symptoms of absence seizures include:
Sudden stop in motion without falling
Lip smacking
Eyelid flutters
Chewing motions
Finger rubbing
Small movements of both hands
Absence seizures generally last 10 to 15 seconds, followed immediately by full recovery. Afterward, there's no memory of the incident. Some people have dozens of episodes daily, which interfere with school or daily activities. This type of seizure usually doesn't lead to physical injury.

A grand mal seizure (also known as a generalized tonic-clonic seizure) features a loss of consciousness and violent muscle contractions. It's the type of seizure most people picture when they think about seizures in general.Grand mal seizures have two stages:
Tonic phase. Loss of consciousness occurs, and the muscles suddenly contract and cause the person to fall down. This phase tends to last about 10 to 20 seconds.
Clonic phase. The muscles go into rhythmic contractions, alternately flexing and relaxing. Convulsions usually last for less than two minutes.


The following signs and symptoms occur in some but not all people with grand mal seizures:
Aura. Some people experience a warning feeling (aura) before a grand mal seizure. This warning varies from person to person, but may include feeling a sense of unexplained dread, a strange smell or a feeling of numbness.
A scream. Some people may cry out at the beginning of a seizure because the muscles around the vocal cords seize, forcing air out.
Loss of bowel and bladder control. This may happen during or following a seizure.
Unresponsiveness after convulsions. Unconsciousness may persist for several minutes after the convulsion has ended.
Confusion. A period of disorientation often follows a grand mal seizure. This is referred to as postictal confusion.
Fatigue. Sleepiness is common after a grand mal seizure.
Severe headache. Headaches are common but not universal after grand mal seizures.